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Lactovasilios (Sole Composition Series)
Upright Brewing Company
- From:
- Upright Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 7%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 14, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 25, 2012
- Wants:
- 36
- Gots:
- 3
Jokingly named by Upright’s beer titler Angelo de Ieso after our pal Vasili, head brewer at Laurelwood, this brew is a one-off barrel fermented Berliner-weisse. It’s got a pleasantly funky and aromatic nose with the characteristic sharp sour flavor produced by large amounts of lactic acid bacteria. The Lactovasilios was a small batch blend that is a part of the Sole Composition series, only 176 bottles produced.
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
4.71/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.71/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Bottle #20 of 176 pulled from the depths of the cellar. Poured into a tulip appears a perfectly clear golden yellow with a white cap that fades quickly.
Aroma is strongly lemony lactic with almost a vinous touch and noticeable brett-like influence that almost smells faintly akin to stink bugs. As it breathes it really takes a turn into a wonderful spectrum smelling like, dare i say it...a mild lambic with soft woody character.
The taste is lemony tart with wood noticeable before a very soft vanilla aspect. brett/lacto-like lingering flavors mix with a vinous touch of complexity. This beer is purely wonderful! As it breathes some apple skin and pear character emerges.
Light in body, modestly carbonated. Its chuggable yet deeply complex like a lighter version of lambic. Holy shit, what a Berliner. This brew is in a class of its own. What a shame its this old and was so incredibly rare to begin with, im sure none of it is still out there in the wild but if it is, wow what I would do to have this again.
Mar 14, 2019Aroma is strongly lemony lactic with almost a vinous touch and noticeable brett-like influence that almost smells faintly akin to stink bugs. As it breathes it really takes a turn into a wonderful spectrum smelling like, dare i say it...a mild lambic with soft woody character.
The taste is lemony tart with wood noticeable before a very soft vanilla aspect. brett/lacto-like lingering flavors mix with a vinous touch of complexity. This beer is purely wonderful! As it breathes some apple skin and pear character emerges.
Light in body, modestly carbonated. Its chuggable yet deeply complex like a lighter version of lambic. Holy shit, what a Berliner. This brew is in a class of its own. What a shame its this old and was so incredibly rare to begin with, im sure none of it is still out there in the wild but if it is, wow what I would do to have this again.
Lactovasilios (Sole Composition Series) from Upright Brewing Company
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
48 ratings
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